Baylen Linnekin

Keep Food Legal

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Executive Director of Keep Food Legal, a nonprofit that advocates for decreased regulation; lawyer and a columnist for the libertarian publication, Reason magazine

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Obesity is a major health problem in the United States, and sugar is one of the causes.

The Bitter Battle over Added Sugar in Your Food

Obesity is a major health problem in the United States, and sugar is one of the causes.

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The agriculture industry has made food so cheap and so plentiful that one third of Americans are obese and another third overweight.  Twenty six million people have Type 2 Diabetes,…

Can Government Control Obesity?

The agriculture industry has made food so cheap and so plentiful that one third of Americans are obese and another third overweight.  Twenty six million people have Type 2 Diabetes,…

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